Care budgets hit by a rise in referrals
CARDIFF council’s social services chief has warned “difficult” decisions will have to be taken as it battles a massive £2.2m predicted overspend.
Read More
Log In
Sign Up
Category: Care News
Cartref Annwylfan Care Home worker picks up national award
JUST two years after taking on a new role, an Ammanford care worker has picked up a prestigious national award. Ria Hayward, 25, was honoured at the annual Wales Care Awards after judges learned how she had transformed the lives of residents at the Cartref Annwylfan Care Home, Betws.
Read More
Major social work reform announced
Guidelines will be introduced to ensure all social workers have manageable workloads, high quality supervision and time for professional training, the children’s secretary, Ed Balls, and the health secretary, Andy Burnham, will announce later today.
Read More
Isle social staff take to streets in allowance row
Isle of Wight social care staff gathered at County Hall this morning (Tuesday) in a protest over proposed changes to their car allowance scheme.
Read More
Bradford ‘At risk’ reports rise 23 per cent but number of children in care stays steady
The number of children suspected of being at risk in their family homes in the Bradford district has soared as a direct result of the death of Baby P.
Read More
Social work chiefs want to establish new team to work with vulnerable teenagers
The former Choices day centre for disabled people in Aberdeen could be transformed into a facility for teenagers with behaviour problems, it emerged last night.
Read More
Gourock site chosen for 77-bed mental health facility
HEALTH bosses want to use the site of Kempock House in Gourock for a new 77-bed facility for people with mental health problems.
Read More
Council leaders reject claims child in care spent night in motorway services
COUNCIL leaders have dismissed claims a child in care spent a night in a motorway services cafe – and challenged those who made it to produce details of the incident which they say did not take place.
Read More
Paedophiles continued as social workers because of watchdog failings
Social workers who abused children were left free to carry on working because of critical failings by the watchdog in charge of them, an inquiry has found.
Read More
Social workers get national voice to aid recovery after Baby P scandal
A national college of social work is to be established to give new leadership to a profession that has yet to recover from the Baby P tragedy a year ago.
Read More
